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At least five dead as 'snowpocalypse' batters United States
At least five people have been killed as a treacherous 'once-in-a-generation' winter system pummels central and eastern parts of the United States - with at least six governors calling for a state of emergency.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency and issued a traffic ban on part of Interstate 90 beginning on Friday at 6 am due to the incoming storm's expected brutality.
She joins at least five other states, ahead of the frigid, powerful snowstorm moving across the U.S. through Friday, and expected to hit multiple states with heavy snow, damaging winds, freezing rain and dangerous bitter cold.
Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Georgia and North Carolina have all issued the emergency orders that, in part, activate their emergency response and operations plans.
At least five people have been killed, as a treacherous 'once-in-a-generation' winter system pummels central and eastern parts of the United States, with at least six governors calling for a state of emergency United States President Joe Biden said on Thursday, that the incoming weather system 'is not like any other snow day when you were a kid.'
